Continuous cooker.



A. L. BAUSIVIAN.

CONTINUOUS COOKER.

`APPLICATION FlLED IAN. 2, 1912.

Patented une 1, 191:3.

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A. L. BAUSMAN.

CONTINUOUS COUKER.

APPLICATION FILED |AN.2.1912.

Patnted June 1, 1915.

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which are cooked at high temperatures.

So-called continuous cookers have been used heretofore, but these machnes,as far up was'discharged into a vacuum pan or inber which allowed all the gases, etc.,

i dus tothe cooking in the steam coil, to esca through the vacuumscreating pump. Wilin enough cooked -syrup was in the vacuum pan, the vacuum was broken and another. pansubstitutedfor the an, Aafter which the vacuum was again obtained and the rocess repeated. l

The o ject ,ofA he present invention is` to make the process of cooking candy continuous so that no substituting of one pan for another takesplace vand the vacuum 1s maintained continuously.

' Other objects ofthe invention will appear in the detailed description and annexed claims. 1

In the drawings-forming part vof this app1icat ion,-Figure 1 1s a generaljview of the assembled apparatus embodying the invenchamber showing means for dischar tion. Fig. 21s a cross sectional detail view of the lower part of the vacuum pan tlor e syrup withoutbreaking.thevacuum. 1 3

1s a part cross sectional view of the mec a-v Seoication of Letters Patent.

1 Ap'pueauon mea :anhu-y a, 1912. serial no. ceases.

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nism for discharging the syrup from the vacuum chamber. Flg. a is a cross sectional view of the apparatus taken on the line 4-4, Fig. 3.

The general operation' can best be understood from Fig. 1, and the specific operation from Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

In Fig. 1, the ingredients composing thev mixture are brought to a temperature of about 232 Fahrenheit in the kettle a. The melted mixture is then' drawn od through the pipe b into the receiving tank c, from raten-tea .time i, wie.

which tank the pump d, operating from the main shaft o, sends the syrup at the desired speed through a coil of pipein the chamber f. This coil of pipe is surrounded by steam under a pressure of 45 to 65 pounds, or other pressure, as the capacity o the apparatus may require. The steam enters through the regulating means shown at the top ofthe tank. The syrup takes a certain time to pass through the coll during which time it is cooked. The coil of ip e in the chamber f discharges through t e chamber g to the chamber la.. vacuum is maintained in these chambers by the pump n: and through .the pipe Z. The pump 1s driven by any sult- "able means, as mdicated. As the cooked syrup passes through the vacuum in chambers g'and IL, the gases, etc from the cooking process, escape b the pipe Z. The syrup is removed from t e chamber la. without breaking the vacuum in a manner now to be described. As indicated in 1Fi 2, the syrup flows down the sides of the c amber k and passes lto the pump cylinder b the passage 8. In this cylinder a piston' j see Fig. 3) is arrangedto reciprocate, and a sleeve, partly inclosing the piston, is arranged to rotate. This pump cylinder should be of large capacity and have lar e inlet and outlet orts, as Sand lseen in igs. 2 and 3. As t e s rup does not flow rapidly, and because o the problems involved 1n pumping from a vacuum, it is advisable to depend on-weight alone for filling thc pump cylinder. When the inlet openin is large, the syrup readily falls through t e inlet 8. The rotatable sleeve as has an opening therein to .register eol , to register with the opening 1.

1n this figure, whereupon the syrup The operation of the pump can best be understood from an inspection of Fig. 3. The

iston j is retracted from the position shown falls through, the opening registering with the inlet 8 into the rotatable sleeve. The sleeve is then rotated 180, when it registers' with the opening 1, and the opening 8 is closed by the sleeve. The piston j is then forced to the left and expels the syrup through the opening 1.A The sleeve is then rotated to its original position with its opening registering with the opening 8, and the piston j iswithdrawn for another operation similar to the one described. This operation of the piston and sleeve continues as long as the.

apparatus is in use, and will keep the chamber h ractically empty, which allows the syru alling from the pipe within the casing to'pass through a large vacuum space wherein Y1t can be thoroughly freed lfrom all gases, etc., throu h the ipe Z. Whenever it is desired to reak the vacuum in the chambers g and h for an reason, the valve vm is closed and the valve 1. is o ened.

The means by which the piston and the rotatable sleeve :v ,are operated -wi l now be pointed out: The main shaft o is operated through an suitable source, as through a pulley not s own. Mounted on this shaft o are an eccentric u and a cam t. The eccentric u drives the piston y" throu h the connecting strap, as indicated in ig..3. A shaft p is mounted in the frame, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3, and on this shaft is fixed a segmental gear s which is adap to mesh with' a .beveled gear r mounted on a stud shaft indicated in Fig. 3. On this same studv shaft. is mounted a segmental gear g," indicated in Fig. 4, which is adapted to` mesh with a mutilated gear on the outer lperilphery of the rotatable sleeve. Therefore,

en this gear i's rotated, the rotatable sleeve is rotated. .Motion is transmitted to the shaft p l(see Fig. 3) by means of the link v'y and the cam vt. When the cam t operates the link y, the sleeve :v is rotated by means of the gear connections' described above. The

eccentric u -and `the cam t are so designed that'the sleeve will be rotated at the proper time with respect .to the 'reciprocationsof the piston j. It will thus be seen that the 'apparatus works continually as longas dekired and ils,in fact, a continuous cooker,

lor it is on necessa kettle a working in oxd r to supply materia for the cooking'a paratus. It 1s never necessary to change t e kettle h, as is customary in the machines .at present on the market.y

The discharging pump, located at the am of the chamber h, is especially designed to keep themeltin .said container having a spacious outlet,

for the work that it is to do, and it can be readily appreciated that an ordinary form vof pump could not perform the work, and that a s ecial form of pump specifically desi ed or the work is necessary.

1. In a continuous cooker, a chamber adapted to receive the cooked syrup, means -or obtaining a vacuum in said chamber,

and a discharging mechanism at the outlet of the chamber comprisin a reciprocating' plunger, a sleeve surroun ing the plunger, except for a space corresponding to the outlet of the chamber, means for withdrawing the plunger when the open space in the sleeve registers with the outlet, means for rotating the sleeve until the open space therein registers with an outlet port, and means for thereupon advancing the plunger to discharge the syrup.

2. A container adapted to contain syrup, means for creating awacuum therein, and means for discharging the syrup from the container without breaking the vacuum therein coniprising an outlet large enough for the p to readily fall therethrough, a rotatab e c linder with an opening to register lwith lt egoutlet, a piston within the draw the plunger when the opening in the sleeve registers with the outlet allowing the syrup to fall intothe sleeve, means for rotating the. sleeve until the opening registerswith the outlet pipe and closes the outlet of the container, and means to thereupon force the plunger in thesleeve to ex the syrup through they outlet pipe, where y a continumgv vacuum is maintained in the container.

4. A. container adapted to contain syrup,

means for creating a vacuumr therein, an outlet ipe for the container, discharging mechanism located Abetween the outlet for the container and the outlet ipe, operable to open the spacious outlet and) close ythe outweitem y@ let ipe and then to close the spacious outlet being so constructed as to at no time allow an open the outlet pipe, whereby the vacucommunication from the exterior to the n- 1J um is maintained in the container. terior ofsaid chamber.A

5. In a continuous cooker and in combination, a. vacuum chamber having a dis- ALONZO LINTON BAUSMAN charge outlet, and means associated with Witnesses :v the outlet whereby the contents ofthe cham- WALTER M. ALBEN, ber may be positively discharged, said means FRANKLIN G; NEAL. 

